Aspects of Rabbinic Theology: With a New Introduction by Neil Gillman, Including the Original Preface of 1909 & the Introduction by Louis Finkelstein - Softcover

Schechter, Solomon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879045249 ISBN 13: 9781879045248

Publisher: Jewish Lights, 1999

Synopsis

The classic statement of the ideas which form the religious consciousness of the Jewish people at large, by one of the great minds of Jewish scholarship of our century. His creative scholarship, compelling English style, and warm personality have given this book lasting influence on Jew and non-Jew alike. Includes the original preface of 1909 and the introduction by Louis Finkelstein.

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About the Author

Neil Gillman, rabbi and PhD, is professor of Jewish philosophy at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he has served as chair of the Department of Jewish Philosophy and dean of the Rabbinical School. He is author of Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought; The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a Publishers Weekly "Best Book of the Year"; The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism; The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Traces of God: Seeing God in Torah, History and Everyday Life (all Jewish Lights) and Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew, winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

From the Back Cover

A better antidote could not be found for the still too prevalent Christian ignorance of the richness and depth of the Jewish heritage.
The Rev. Dr. Paul M. van Buren, Heidelberg University

Reviews

An accessible classic statement of fundamental Jewish ideas by one of the great Jewish scholars of this century. Includes the original preface from the 1909 edition and Louis Finkelstein's introduction to the 1961 edition.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"What distinguishes Schechter's writing is his unique ability to take relatively abstruse or esoteric material and make it available to the lay reader without a hint of condescension...." -from the new Introduction by Dr. Neil Gillman

Edition details

• Publisher: Jewish Lights
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879045249
• ISBN 13: 9781879045248
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448